Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	archbishop_n	bishop_n	york_n	3,248	5	9.6221	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48308	Defensive doubts, hopes, and reasons, for refusall of the oath, imposed by the sixth canon of the late synod with important considerations, both for the penning and publishing of them at this time / by John Ley ... ; hereunto is added by the same author, a letter against the erection of an altar, written above five yeares agoe, and a case of conscience, touching the receiving of the sacrament, resolved.	Ley, John, 1583-1662.	1641 (1641)	Wing L1874; ESTC R21343	93,675	154

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col_fw-fr 275._o archbishop_n or_o until_o the_o reign_n of_o constantine_n as_o a_o very_a learned_a 353.20_o learned_a archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o patriarchae_fw-la in_o usum_fw-la abierunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la ante_fw-la constantini_n tempora_fw-la altum_fw-la silentium_fw-la dan._n chamier_n de_fw-fr oecumen_fw-la pontiff_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 6._o tom_n 2._o pag._n 353.20_o writer_n have_v observe_v there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o archbishop_n it_o will_v not_o be_v easy_a perhaps_o for_o any_o by_o legitimate_a testimony_n to_o bring_v in_o a_o instance_n to_o disprove_v the_o observation_n in_o the_o eastern_a church_n and_o for_o the_o western_a it_o come_v late_a thither_o as_o the_o sunsetting_a come_v after_o the_o sunrising_n and_o filasacus_n a_o divine_a of_o paris_n say_v 4._o say_v filasac_n de_fw-fr sacr_n ep_v anth._n ch_n 19_o sect_n 1._o council_n matisc_n 1._o can._n 4._o it_o be_v not_o use_v in_o these_o part_n until_o the_o first_o matiscon_n council_n scil_n anno_o 587._o which_o may_v be_v to_o we_o the_o more_o probable_a because_o we_o have_v have_v experience_n in_o our_o own_o time_n of_o a_o 90._o a_o doct._n saravia_n say_v the_o assembly_n of_o the_o presbyterian_o be_v no_o synod_n but_o conventicle_n because_o he_o read_v not_o of_o any_o synod_n without_o a_o archbishop_n sarav_fw-mi de_fw-fr triplic_n ep_v q._n 3._o p._n 90._o principal_a point_n of_o now-archiepiscopall_a government_n the_o presidentship_n of_o a_o provincial_n synod_n without_o a_o archbishop_n so_o be_v it_o in_o the_o year_n 1603._o when_v the_o bishop_n of_o london_n be_v precedent_n of_o the_o synod_n then_o assemble_v archbish_n 432._o archbish_n archb._n whitgifl_fw-mi in_o his_o reply_n to_o master_n cartwr_n p._n 310_o 313_o 427_o 432._o whitgift_n against_o master_n cartwright_n endeavour_v to_o maintain_v that_o the_o office_n of_o a_o archbishop_n be_v in_o use_n in_o the_o apostle_n time_n and_o by_o their_o whitgi_n their_o can._n 33._o or_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o archshepheard_n or_o archbishop_n for_o bishop_n and_o shepheard_n be_v all_o one_o ibid._n p._n 300._o archbishop_n there_o take_v up_o the_o title_n archshepheard_n 1_o pet._n 5.4_o as_o equivalent_a to_o it_o the_o great_a antiquity_n and_o best_a authority_n that_o we_o find_v for_o that_o title_n be_v that_o which_o 146._o which_o archb._n whitgift_n reply_n to_o mast_n cartwr_n pag._n 323._o ex_fw-la mr._n fox_n martyrol_n tom_fw-mi 1._o p._n 146._o archbishop_n whitgift_n cit_v out_o of_o master_n fox_n viz._n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o eleutherius_fw-la a_o 180._o there_o be_v in_o britain_n 28._o head_n priest_n which_o in_o the_o time_n of_o paganism_n they_o call_v flamen_fw-la and_o three_o archpriest_n among_o they_o which_o be_v call_v archiflamines_fw-la as_o judge_n over_o the_o rest_n these_o 28._o flamen_fw-la upon_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o britain_n be_v turn_v to_o 28._o bishop_n and_o the_o three_o archiflamines_fw-la to_o three_o archbishop_n which_o if_o it_o be_v true_a yet_o it_o be_v far_o below_o that_o which_o be_v allege_v for_o the_o call_n of_o archbishop_n and_o yet_o more_o ancient_a than_o honourable_a for_o the_o conformity_n to_o pagan_a pre-eminence_n nor_o will_v it_o serve_v to_o say_v as_o pope_n 201._o pope_n eugen._n 4._o epist_n ad_fw-la episcop_n cantuarien_n ait_fw-fr cardinalium_fw-la nomen_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la nascentis_fw-la eccles_n expressum_fw-la munus_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o officium_fw-la à_fw-la b._n petro_n &_o ejus_fw-la successoribus_fw-la evidenter_fw-la crat_fw-mi institutum_fw-la fran._n long._n annot_fw-mi in_o 2._o council_n rom._n pag._n 201._o eugenius_n the_o four_o say_v of_o the_o name_n cardinal_n that_o though_o it_o be_v not_o express_o mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n yet_o the_o office_n be_v institute_v by_o saint_n peter_n and_o his_o successor_n for_o not_o to_o insist_v upon_o the_o name_n cardinal_n of_o which_o the_o say_n of_o the_o pope_n be_v a_o unprobable_a fiction_n superiority_n among_o bishop_n be_v to_o be_v reduce_v rather_o to_o a_o secular_a then_o to_o a_o sacred_a original_a for_o our_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n that_o now_o be_v say_v 176._o say_v archb._n laud_v in_o his_o relat_n of_o his_o confer_v pag._n 176._o it_o be_v insinuate_v if_o not_o order_v that_o honour_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v follow_v honour_n of_o the_o state_n as_o appeareth_z by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o 16._o of_o council_n chalce_v can._n 9_o &_o act._n 16._o chalcedon_n and_o antioch_n it_o be_v think_v fit_a therefore_o though_o as_o saint_n est_fw-la saint_n cypr._n the_o simplic_a praelat_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la cyprian_n speak_v there_o be_v one_o episcopacy_n the_o call_n of_o a_o bishop_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o that_o yet_o among_o bishop_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o certain_a subor_n dination_n and_o subjection_n the_o empire_n therefore_o be_v cast_v into_o several_a division_n which_o they_o then_o call_v diocese_n every_o diocese_n contain_v several_a province_n every_o province_n several_a bishop_n the_o chief_a of_o a_o diocese_n in_o that_o large_a sense_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sometime_o a_o patriarch_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o province_n a_o metropolitan_a next_o the_o bishop_n in_o their_o several_a diocese_n as_o we_o now_o use_v the_o word_n among_o these_o there_o be_v effectual_a subjection_n ground_v upon_o canon_n and_o positive_a law_n in_o their_o several_a quarter_n all_o the_o difference_n there_o be_v but_o honorary_a not_o authoritative_a so_o far_o he_o where_o though_o he_o name_v the_o title_n bishop_n patriarch_n and_o metropolitan_a he_o do_v not_o mention_v the_o title_n archbishop_n and_o though_o he_o grant_v that_o 168._o that_o archb._n laud_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la pag._n 168._o the_o church_n of_o rome_n have_v have_v and_o have_v yet_o a_o more_o powerful_a principality_n than_o any_o other_o church_n yet_o he_o say_v she_o have_v not_o that_o power_n from_o christ_n the_o roman_a patriarch_n by_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n say_v he_o may_v perhaps_o have_v a_o primacy_n of_o order_n but_o for_o principality_n of_o power_n they_o be_v all_o equal_a as_o the_o apostle_n be_v before_o they_o and_o he_o may_v have_v say_v so_o much_o as_o well_o of_o bishop_n as_o of_o patriarch_n for_o except_o for_o ecclesiastical_a constitution_n and_o positive_a law_n they_o be_v not_o subordinate_a one_o to_o another_o neither_o the_o authority_n nor_o title_n then_o of_o metropolitan_a or_o archbishop_n be_v take_v to_o be_v so_o ancient_a or_o warrantable_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o that_o of_o the_o bishop_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o such_o as_o be_v the_o dear_a friend_n to_o prelatical_a dignity_n yet_o as_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o a_o inequality_n betwixt_o bishop_n and_o presbyter_n be_v as_o 2._o as_o inaequalitatem_fw-la inter_fw-la episcopum_fw-la &_o presbyterum_fw-la esse_fw-la vetustissimam_fw-la &_o vicinam_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ultrò_fw-la fatemur_fw-la fr._n chamier_n de_fw-fr oecumen_fw-la pontiff_n l._n 10._o c._n 6._o tom_n 2._o p._n 85.3_o col_fw-fr 2._o chamier_n confess_v most_o ancient_a and_o very_o near_o the_o apostle_n time_n so_o we_o yield_v it_o as_o probable_a that_o archbishop_n be_v very_o ancient_a also_o and_o as_o certain_a that_o there_o have_v be_v and_o be_v very_o many_o as_o worthy_a to_o be_v archbishop_n as_o other_o to_o be_v bishop_n and_o that_o there_o have_v be_v of_o that_o elevation_n man_n of_o as_o eminent_a desert_n for_o learning_n and_o devotion_n both_o in_o ancient_a and_o late_a time_n as_o any_o that_o have_v live_v in_o the_o same_o age_n with_o they_o but_o in_o regard_n of_o more_o doubt_n of_o their_o authentic_a tenure_n then_o of_o that_o of_o bishop_n though_o that_o also_o be_v very_o much_o doubt_v of_o we_o have_v the_o less_o heart_n to_o swear_v to_o archiepiscopall_a pre-eminence_n object_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o 386

of_o the_o tumult_n in_o scotl._n p._n 176._o that_o the_o same_o confession_n of_o faith_n consist_v of_o the_o same_o word_n and_o syllable_n swear_v without_o authority_n if_o it_o shall_v be_v command_v by_o authority_n become_v a_o new_a and_o different_a confession_n of_o the_o faith_n there_o be_v a_o three_o opinion_n concern_v the_o sense_n of_o a_o oath_n to_o augment_v the_o doubt_n though_o so_o much_o less_o doubtful_a as_o it_o bring_v with_o it_o the_o better_a authority_n and_o the_o authority_n for_o it_o be_v no_o less_o than_o royal_a the_o sentence_n of_o a_o great_a and_o gracious_a king_n and_o which_o be_v more_o to_o we_o our_o king_n who_o resolve_v 177._o resolve_v ibid._n p._n 177._o that_o a_o oath_n must_v be_v either_o take_v or_o refuse_v according_a to_o the_o know_a intention_n of_o he_o that_o do_v minister_v it_o 347._o it_o ibid._n p._n 347._o especial_o if_o it_o be_v a_o new_a oath_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n though_o in_o different_a word_n say_v the_o 14_o the_o the_o minist_n and_o professor_n of_o aberdene_n in_o their_o general_a demand_n p._n 14_o aberdene_n divine_v a_o oath_n be_v to_o be_v give_v according_a to_o the_o mind_n and_o judgement_n of_o he_o that_o require_v it_o which_o word_v minister_v and_o require_v make_v up_o the_o meaning_n to_o be_v that_o he_o that_o minister_v a_o oath_n who_o may_v be_v some_o subordinate_a officer_n must_v give_v it_o in_o that_o sense_n which_o he_o that_o require_v that_o be_v he_o from_o who_o authority_n and_o power_n it_o proceed_v do_v intend_v that_o construction_n we_o be_v teach_v to_o make_v by_o the_o explanation_n of_o the_o oath_n in_o scotland_n publish_v by_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o l_o marquesse_n hamiltoun_n his_o majesty_n high_a commissioner_n there_o in_o these_o word_n 328._o word_n the_o explanation_n of_o the_o oath_n in_o scotl._n in_o his_o majesty_n large_a declar._n pag._n 328._o oath_n must_v be_v take_v according_a to_o the_o mind_n 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as_o mollify_a a_o gloss_n on_o the_o oath_n as_o they_o have_v do_v and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o may_v be_v more_o satisfactory_a to_o our_o conscience_n than_o they_o can_v be_v but_o the_o authority_n of_o interpretation_n of_o any_o doubt_n in_o such_o a_o public_a act_n belong_v proper_o not_o to_o private_a but_o to_o public_a person_n especial_o if_o they_o be_v authorize_v by_o the_o synod_n for_o such_o a_o purpose_n as_o in_o the_o late_a synod_n we_o see_v 25._o see_v quòd_fw-la si_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la aliqua_fw-la dubia_fw-la ambiguitates_fw-la etc._n etc._n oriantur_fw-la in_o co_fw-la casu_fw-la omnium_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la dubiorum_fw-la ambiguitatum_fw-la difficultatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n interpretationes_fw-la &_o declarationes_fw-la fient_fw-la per_fw-la reverendissimum_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la patrem_fw-la archiepiscopum_fw-la eboracensem_fw-la dominos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la dunelmensem_fw-la caestriensem_fw-la &_o carliolensem_fw-la aut_fw-la dvos_fw-la 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